Samia Waheed Altaf

So Much Aid, So Little Development

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ISBN 13:: 9781421401386
author:: Samia Waheed Altaf
format:: Paperback
publisher:: Johns Hopkins University Press
language:: English
Publication Year:: 2011
Pages:: 224
Dimensions:: 22.9 x 15.2 x 1.4 centimetres (0
Genre:: Nonfiction, Social Sciences, Third World Development,
Condition:: New
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So Much Aid, So Little Development: Stories from Pakistan

This book offers a fresh explanation for why Pakistan has received significant external development assistance yet made little evident improvement in its social indicators. Samia Altaf's account of the Social Action Program, which was developed by the Pakistani government and funded by the World Bank, reveals the shortcomings of this initiative through eyewitness vignettes.

Altaf's narrative takes readers on a journey from planning meetings to village health trainees, highlighting skewed incentives, misplaced priorities, and inappropriate designs that diverted the project from its original intentions. By introducing the human dimension into the development conversation, Altaf sheds light on the complexities of international aid and its impact on local communities.

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